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...cuddlier than Dolly Parton: Christmas at Home (ABC, Dec. 21), in which the country singer twangs I'll Be Home for Christmas -- and is. Disney's Christmas on Ice (CBS, Dec. 21) brings Mickey and Minnie together with Katarina Witt and Tai Babilonia, while Richard Mulligan plays a small-town eccentric who meets an extraterrestrial (Beau Bridges) in Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (NBC, Dec. 23). On the classical side, James Galway and Frederica von Stade headline A Lincoln Center Christmas Gala (PBS, Dec. 19). And, of course, A Charlie Brown Christmas is back again...
...mendacious count in The Eagle Has Two Heads warns Stanislas that "We are not living in a fairy tale." As always, the count is lying. These character are living in a fairy tale, albeit it a twisted one. Just as Lynch perverts the myth pf small-town America, Cocteau turns the myth of European aristocracy on its head. This production is not perfect, but thanks to Benjamin's riveting performance, Hamel's subtle direction and some competent supporting actors, The Eagle Has Two Heads is compelling. And like any fairy tale or David Lynch movie, it is not easily forgotten...
While Saturn's advertising will eventually tout the car's qualities, the early pitch is clearly to patriotism and small-town sentiment. That may be a + canny marketing move. "The Saturn is the beginning of something we have been warning our Japanese friends about," wrote Jean Lindamood, executive editor of Automobile magazine. "Americans are harboring strong anti-Japanese sentiment just below the surface, and when Detroit can make a car that is the equivalent of a Japanese car, Americans will buy it. I believe it will sell like crazy. I also believe that if Saturn has quality problems, Saturn...
...When the small thrift ran into trouble during the inflationary climate of the mid-1970s, it was taken over by Denver businessman James Metz, who saw the sleepy S&L as the future flagship of a financial empire. He named himself chairman and hired Wise, an S&L marketing whiz from Columbia Savings in Kansas, to run the company. The nattily dressed Wise wasted no time in transforming Mile High's small-town image. He launched an ambitious expansion drive, unveiled plans for a glass-and-steel headquarters downtown, and renamed the company Silverado, evoking the dreams of prospectors...
Wise too was ready to move. He was eager to shake the small-town dust from his shoes and gain entry to Denver's society. One of his first acts was to hire a public relations firm to burnish his image and put a speechwriter on the Silverado payroll. "I remember him standing up in white tie and tails and pledging $100,000 of Silverado's money to the Denver Symphony," recalls an associate. Chuck Henning, former executive director of the Colorado Savings & Loan League, notes that "Wise was image-conscious and was going through all the proper steps...